The APWU has long opposed a trial program, which began in the fall of 2013, to offer postal services at Staples stores. The program, the union said, would undermine the role of post offices and shift postal worker jobs to lower paid and less experienced Staples retail staff. In April, it called on other unions to join it in boycotting Staples in protest of the program.

And on Monday, days after the 1.6 million member American Federation of Teachers said it would join the boycott, Staples and the USPS told the WSJ the pilot program would be discontinued. More on this after the jump… Read More »

UPDATE: Staples and the USPS have announced they will discontinue the controversial pilot program that triggered the boycott. See the full story here.

The American Postal Workers Union has been campaigning for months against a U.S. Postal Service program to offer postal services at Staples branches. The union’s problem? The services are being offered by Staples employees, not the better paid–and unionized–postal workers.

As the WSJ reported back in April, the union is worried that if the model becomes successful, it could create an incentive to cut costs by closing down post offices and offloading their services to Stapes stores. The union has been protesting the program, and asking other unions to support their call for a boycott of the office supplies store.

On Saturday, the APWU it got its wish in a big way: the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.6 million members, approved a resolution to boycott Staples. More on this after the jump… Read More »